The vintage fashion brand Vicky Vaughn
Vicky Vaughn was the junior division of R & M Kaufmann in Aurora, Illinois. The Kaufman brothers start their business in the 1920s. They produced high quality dresses and sleepwear but with moderate prices thanks to a mass production in their factories.
The vintage fashion brand Bobbie Brooks
Bobbie Brooks was founded in 1939 by Maurice Saltzman and Max Reiter in Cleveland. Initially it was named Ritmore Sportswear. After Saltzman bought the company in 1953, it was named Bobbie Brooks. The brand targeted mainly the young woman.
Satin dresses
In the current vocabulary, satin is a thin fabric without visible weft with a glossy face and a dull back. Strictly meaning, satin is a weave type (the way in which the warp and weft wires cross each other). Thus, satin can designate all the fabrics (Cotton, wool, silk) elaborated by this type of weave.…
Velvet dresses
Velvet is a fabric woven on a special loom. The threads are uniformly distributed giving its aspect and feel. Velvet can be made from any fiber (cotton , silk, mohair…). Attico and Valentino’s dresses.
The French vintage fashion designer Jacques Heim
Jacques Heim (1899-1967) was a famous French fashion designer. He founded his own couture house in 1930. In 1936, he launched young outfits with the Jeunes Filles collection to target a new audience. In addition of the clothes, Jacques Heim created fragances (Alambie in 1947, J’aime in 1958 and Shandoah in 1966). From 1958 to 1962, he was…
Crepe dresses
Crepe or crape is a type of woven or knitted fabric with a wrinkled surface. Crepe can be made from several different materials (silk, wool, polyester or cotton). It is the way in which the fibres are twisted and weaved which gives the crepe its specific aspect. Among the varieties of crepe there are crepe…
The fashion designer Antonio Marras
Born in Alghero (Sardinia), Antonio Marras presented for the first time an eponym collection in 1996, focusing on craft techniques and inspired from his natal island (folkloristic kitsch style, ligazzio rubio …). In 1999, he founded his own label of prêt-à-porter distinguished by the recurent theme of red threads (ligazzio rubio in Sardinian language) but…
Mon amie la rose
“Mon amie la rose” (“My friend, the rose”) is a wonderful French song performed by Françoise Hardy and written by Cécile Caulier, released in 1964 :
Scoop neckline dresses
A scoop neckline is medium low in front, rounded and wider than the base of the neck. Brocke dress and Marchesa dress. Source : https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/1957/24654/ECNO1382.pdf?sequence=1
Boat neckline dresses
A boat neckline or bateau neckline is “a wide neckline that runs horizontally, front and back, almost to the shoulder points, across the collarbone”. It is an elegant, feminine and retro type of neckline. In the fifties, the boat neckline dresses were very popular. Paule Ka’s dress Source : http://www.stylishwife.com/2015/04/neckline-fashion-vocabulary-learn-to-decipher-it.html
The vintage fashion designer John Bates alias Jean Varon
John Bates (Born in 1938) is a British fashion designer who was very famous in the sixties and seventies. In 1960, he started his label “Jean Varon”. John Bates chose the name “Jean Varon” for his label because he wanted a French name (Jean is the French name for John) and “Varon” because there was…
Mary Katrantzou dresses
The Greek fashion designer Mary Katrantzou founded her own label in 2009. The brand sells womenswear but also accessories (bags and jewelry). Recognized by her peers, she received several prestigious awards such as : The Swiss Textiles Award (2010) and was also designed Designer of the Year at the British Fashion awards (2015). She creates…
Hobbs
Hobbs is a British fashion brand founded in 1981 by Marilyn and Yoram Anselm. Most of the creations are made in its central London atelier “from first sketch through to final garment”. The clothes are elegant, retro inspired, easy to wear, well fitting, refined, feminine and high quality. Kate Middleton (Duchess of Cambridge) is a…
Wandering in a magical garden
I used an illustration made by Jane Ray from “The Apple-Pip princess” :
In front of a beautiful house
Parosh dress. I used as background a beautiful Raoul Dufy’s painting named “La grille” (“The grid”).
